Lunch Buffet

So the “First Four” games of NCAA men’s basketball tourney begin today, even as many bracket-managers give pool participants until Thursday to turn in their picks. What happens if a “First Four” team goes on a run? Kinda hope that happens.

In any event, here are some mid-day treats or at least belly-fillers:

* Quiet talks with Netanyahu “closing the gap” between U.S. and Israel on Iran’s nuclear program will be major focus of Obama’s Middle East trip, says Mark Landler of the New York Times.

* Speaking of the Times, Paul Broun enters the belly of the beast with an op-ed attacking Paul Ryan’s budget as all sissypants.

* Milbank notes that in Press Club speech yesterday, Reince Priebus refused to discuss his “autopsy report’s” notes on immigration and same-sex marriage. Guess he was focused on putting out fires on the Right.